DE DE LIND - IO NON SO DOVE VENGO... - 1972

This album is an excellent mix of heavy guitar/flute based rock and more acoustic folky parts. Their sound differs from the classic Italian bands (Banco, PFM, Quella Vecchia Locanda, etc.). There are no references or musical structures that remind of classical music. De de Lind has a fairly straight rock sound reminding me, to a certain extent , of Jethro Tull or the first Osanna album, especially the heavier guitar and flute parts. Nevertheless, the album offers enough complexity, time changes, variation, etc., to call this progressive rock. Guitar and flute are the dominating instruments, keyboards (basically piano) play a minor role. Vocals are generally pleasant, but the instrumental sections dominate. If you like symphonic progressive, you probably will feel undernourished with this album, but anyone who likes guitar or flute dominated (prog)-rock like Osanna, Nu or early Jethro Tull (or even T2, early 70s Golden Earring and Wishbone Ash) should like this album.
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Atypical for an Italian prog album of the early 70's, this one is heavier but not any less melodic in the Italian manner. I heard people comparing it to Tull but I think this is a mistake even compared to the heavier works from the Tramp. If anything, De De Lind can be compared to a cross breed of VDGG and KC but the voice is definitely not Hammill although the intonnations can resemble at times. Loads of heavy guitar but avoiding the clichés and tons of flute and other reeds. I do not give often four stars to Italian prog and this one almost deserves another half-star. Pity they made this lone album
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